Servants, obey in all things your masters accordingto the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers;but in singleness of heart, fearing God - Colossians 3:22I once had a Secretary attached to mewhen I was Executive Secretary of theNigerian Publishers Association. He had an HND in Secretarial Studies and was fresh from NYSC. From all calculations, he was in JS2 or 3 when I finished Youth Service but he had the temerity to look at me in the face one day and tell me that we were both degree holders and so I had no right to tell him what to do. He actually unilaterally printed a complimentary card where he redesignated himself Administrative Officer instead of the Confidential Secretary he was employed as. Scriptures tell us not to argue with a fool. I simply disconnected from him and made him redundant. He did not last six months on the job. Without reporting him to the Management, he shot himself in the foot and was promptly sacked!By submitting to constituted authority, you give yourself unrestricted latitude for learning and growing your experience profile. When you do, you increase your relevance to yourself and to the establishment.Whatever you do to your superiors, remember that payday is just around the corner. Your subordinates will see to it that you have a bountiful harvest; pressed down, shaken together and running over!Make yourself valuable but never indispensable. No matter the sensitivity of your job or how advanced the skills for it, never make yourself indispensable. No matter how many people sing your praise on the job, endeavour to raise other people who can do the job like you do it or even better. You are not the next Saviour of the world, so do not delude yourself with a Messiah complex that thrives on the ego-massaging fallacy that if you are not there, nothing would get done. The more sensitive and specialized the job, the faster the establishment would replace you if for some reason you dropped dead. As the saying goes, if you are indispensable, you may never be promoted. Afterall, why should we move you up if you are the ONLY one who can do your present job'Great leaders actually endeavour to work themselves out of a job by deliberately developing people around them to attain a similar if not higher level of competence in what they do. For that reason, it is easy for the organization to move them up to higher responsibility so they can replicate the same capacity at higher levels! If you so jealously guard your competence and use it as the ready-made ace in keeping yourself on the job, your career will soon go on a downward spiral. Why' Someone will always emerge who can do the job better than you!A high job turnover is not an asset.In fact, it may be construed as a reflection of instability of character. Instability is antithetical to a life of excellence. When a person's resume shows that he has changed jobs a couple of times in a short period of time, it sends to the employer a signal of inconsistency, lack of enduring commitment and a patent incapacity for sustained loyalty. It is true that these days, there are more job-seekers than there are jobs to be had. However, one thing that I have heard employers say over and over again is that loyal, committed employees who serve for a vision rather than a pay packet are rare to come by. An unstable person can never be an asset to any organisation. No matter the reasons for such moves, serious employers know that those who cannot stand for you when it is not convenient will stand against you when it is convenient for them to do so. When a person changes jobs too frequently, it could be a sign that all he is interested in is a pay packet and as soon as he is offered a higher package else where, he is gone!Your salary should never be a determinant of your job value. If your pay is at par with your output, the organisation will soon fire you. Your value in the organisation must never be measured by how much you earn but how much you contribute. If you have a terrible self-esteem, an enhanced status or job profile cannot give you a good one! Your job is a platform that God has given you to make an eternal statement about His grace in your life. It should never be seen as just an avenue to earn money to pay bills or put food on your table. To significantly succeed, you must see your job as your opportunity to serve God and help people solve some problems. You must therefore work like one who has a stake not only in the organization but in the human project. Work becomes more exciting and meaningful when you find a cause for advocacy in it. When you work with that larger perspective in mind, the whole world is your pulpit. 'continued.Remember, the sky is not your limit, God is!
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